A Caterpillar of the Plain Tiger butterfly (IMAGE)

National Centre for Biological Sciences

A Caterpillar of the Plain Tiger butterfly

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A caterpillar of the Plain Tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) crawls on a leaf of its host plant Calotropis gigantia, sprawling with bacteria and fungi. The leaf was incubated with nutrient-rich media to unravel the magnificent microbial diversity in larval diet.

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Kruttika Phalnikar and Shoot for Science

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